Fans on social media are going crazy after Chris Evans looked almost unrecognizable at the premiere of his new movie Red One.
The Captain America star, 43, ditched his usual clean cut for darker, shaggy hair and a full beard on the red carpet, as well as a pair of round glasses.
Evans was promoting his upcoming action-adventure film at Potters Fields Park in London, England, on November 6.
On X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram his fans were thirsty for his new aesthetic, which was far from his Marvel superhero days.
Avid fans of the Gifted actor compared him to a 2000s rom-com professor, or Robin Williams on Good Will Hunting, calling him “very good” and “better with age.”
Fans on social media are going crazy after Chris Evans looked unrecognizable at the premiere of his new movie Red One in London on Nov. 6 with slicked-back hair and a longer beard.
The Captain America star, 43, ditched his usual clean cut for darker, shaggy hair and a full-grown beard on the red carpet, as well as a pair of round, professor-worthy glasses.
His new look was a far cry from his clean image while playing Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe; Pictured is a 2011 still from The First Avenger.
Avid fans of the Gifted actor compared him to a 2000s rom-com professor, or Robin Williams on Good Will Hunting, calling him “very good” and “better with age.”
One person tweeted: “Only Chris Evans looks like a professor from an early 2000s rom-com,” along with a photo of the actor at the premiere.
‘The hair is the best,’ another fan agreed about her new, more mature coif.
‘Chris Evans just gets better with age. “We’re not just talking about cheese or wine, we’re talking about the most exclusive and desired brandy that exists,” wrote one fan.
One follower declared him the ‘sexiest man alive’, a title he won from People magazine in 2022.
One summed it up by saying: ‘This. This is my type.’
According to her stylist Ilaria Urbinati shared a photo of Evans wearing Ralph Lauren at the Berlin premiere on Instagram, the comments were very similar.
One woman applauded: “Seriously, I nailed the professor look… I could have gone to college if that’s what I expected.”
‘The university professor we deserve,’ one fashion fan praised Evans, who is married to Alba Baptista, 27, and is thinking of starting a family with the Portuguese actress.
One follower declared him the ‘sexiest man alive’, a title he won from People magazine in 2022.
After her stylist Ilaria Urbinati shared a photo of Evans wearing Ralph Lauren at the premiere in Berlin on November 3, the comments were pretty much the same.
‘Chris Evans just gets better with age. “We’re not just talking about cheese or wine, we’re talking about the most exclusive and desired brandy out there,” one fan wrote in celebration.
Some Instagram commenters thought nothing had changed, with one woman responding to the professorial stare: “I feel like Chris Evans has been in his hot era since 1999.”
The Knives Out actor was joined on the red carpet by his co-stars Lucy Liu, Dwayne Johnson, JK Simmons and Mad Men alum Kiernan Shipka.
An IMDB synopsis of the upcoming film reads: “After Santa Claus (codename: Red One) is kidnapped, the North Pole Security Chief (Johnson) must team up with the world’s most infamous bounty hunter (Evans) on a globe-trotting adventure, action-packed mission to save Christmas.’
Red One will hit theaters on November 15.
